[Forward: Lord Varaha]

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RENGI

mani

Re: Lord Varaha

Thu, 02 Mar 1995 10:07:16 -0500 (EST)

 

My name is Sampath Rengarajan. I am from Kumbakonam, born in Trichy and

currently in Canada after AN M.ENG IN CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Montreal.

 

The prabandam work

can be made complete when we also write about each sthalam and the corresponding

paadal numbers in that just as how lifco has published. But we can write our

own account of each sthalam as the lifco one may not cover it in full. This

work can also be done by a few of us.

 

In the note on aalwaars I wanna to suggest some additions which are

historical and some research based.

 

Thirumazhisai aazhwaar is a saaththaatha vaishnaar and is referred as a

siththar himself. He is also called thirumazhisai siththar. The famous paadal

is dubbed as "paai surutti vaarum" . He asked perumal to come with him with his

bag and baggage when his assistant was ordered out of town by the King.

In another sthalam he was not allowed inside the temple as he was late {Nadai

saathaap pattathu} I will get the name of the sthalam soon from India. Allwaar

went aroud the temple and it seems the moolavar perumaal also made"about turn"

as the alwaar

was going round. Then the pattars opened the temple and offered full respect

s to allwaar. The best of all the thirumazhisai piraan's encounter is at

kudanthai.

Being tired of seeing the perumaal sleeping all the time, he said

Nadantha kaalkaL nonthavO

nadunka GNAla menumaai

idantha mei kulunkavo

vilankumaal varaich churam

parantha kaal kidantha kaavirikkarai kudanthaiyul

kidanthavaar ezhunthirunthu pesu *vaazhi kesanE

enra paadlaku iNanki perumal rose from his bed and opened

his eyes then aazhwar saked him to rest as it is by saying vaazhi kEsanE.

Kudanthai is the only place where perumall is awake and in the kidantha

posture.(which is slightly rose from his bed with one arm supporting his neck)

out of the nine sayanaas,

kidantha sayanam is amuthan's and only his.

Thirumazhisai piraan attained mukthi at kudanthai and his jeeva samaathi is

there in saathaara theru, meaning saath thaatha vaishanvar street.

since amuthan is reason for reviving all the paasurams by naathamunikal

amuthan is called "Amuthaazhvaar".

 

Nammalvaar went to kurukoor and did penance under the sacred puliyamaram, which

was once shown to brahman when he was looking for a place to meditate.

Kuru Koor that is asareeri's voice showed brahman this place underneth the

"puliyamram" which is worshipped sacred even today at this placea & that's why

I it is called thiruk kurukoor and naamaalwaar attained mukthi here. This is

also the place where madurakavi aazhwaar sung KanniNUN siruththaambu.

 

I had an interesting episode "encounter" during my recent visit to

India on this "Kanninunsiruththaambu". I met one ubaasagar (lakshmi narasimha

ubaasagar a lady) who was giving some predictions to someone and that some

one was asked to meditate "Kanninun Siruththaambu" a good 10,000 times same

as Naathamunigal was asked to.The important thing is that the ubaasagar doesnot

know anything about this

song or the significance and its history and simply asked me to write it

down from the paasuram book and give it to that person. She didnot know

anyhting about the computerisation of naalayiram either.

 

I have a feeling that there is a complete revival and enlightenment

efforts on srivaishnavism and alwaars is taking place now.

There are few more things to write about azh waars. But I will write down

the balance later. Some of these may not be rational but they are true and

believed to be true even today in those shetrams (places).

 

I strongly believe that thamizh vedam (thiruvaaymozhi)and vedaangam

(thirumnagai aazhvaars paasurams) and other paasurams

totalling to 4000 are the message from god , and there are hidden meanings on

(ie sollaamal sollap pattiRukkirathu) the specific nature of each shektram and

its Deity, Deity's special mandate in

the entire creation, preservation and destruction of the universe and in cycles

of the same again and again. I am born on "Sravanam" after fasting on all

sravanam by my parents and now I am fasting on all sravanams and My abimaana

shektram is "Thiruvinnagaram" known as Oppiliappankoil where sravanam is

celebrated each month.

 

Rengi

 

 

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